MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE : EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Name: MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE : EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Start: 2019-01-01
End: 2019-12-31
Location: Kenya

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Kenya Youth activities Education Children Youth activities Education +1 Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Leshuta Boarding Primary School was founded in 2011by community members, and is a mixed sex school. The boys and girls who attend leshuta are between3 and 17 years old. The school currently has 300 pupils and 10 teachers. It is a government school. Located in Mara is a large reserve in Narok County, Kenya contagious with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people ( the ancestral inhabitants of the area and their description of the area when looked at from afar, “Mara, which is Maa (Maasai language) for “spotted”, an apt description for the circles of trees, scrubs, savanna and cloud shadows that mark the area. The maasai community are one of the few remaining semi- nomadic ethnic group in Africa and live near the southern border of Kenya and Tanzania

💼 What the programme involves

Teaching English language, computer skills, creative arts, participating in culture events, raise environmental awareness, planting of trees and transfer of seedlings, sports and games, theatre, computer lessons, basic education, workshops, Music and intercultural events, construction sites, making bricks, construction of classrooms and painting. Volunteers will support the teachers and share culture and other activities in the classrooms in the morning. There will also be opportunity for sports and play with the children. In the afternoon volunteers will work with, Teaching English, Assisting teaching in daily classes, Providing general care and assistance in looking after the children, this will involve playing games, teaching English as basic life skills.

🏠 Accommodation on site

At a host family. Please note that you will share the typical living conditions of a Kenyan family. There will be electricity, but no shower and pipe water/taps at the accommodation. Volunteers will be using buckets for bathing. Water will be boiled for drinking purposes and those who prefer can buy bottled water.

📍 About the location

Kitale Town is located in the western part of Kenya, approximately 8 hours drive from Nairobi. Transport to the project will be by public transport. Post Office, Banks (ATMs), Internet and other social facilities are located in Kitale Town.

⚠️ Requirements

18 and over. English.

🤝 Meeting point

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi

ℹ️ Additional information

200 Euros per month or 600 Euros per 3 months . The program will run for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 6 months. The program is running throughout the year.

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📅 Available sessions

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01/01/2019 → 31/12/2019

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

200.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Leshuta, Kenya

Kenya

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Kenyan Shilling (KES / KSh)

Exchange rate

1 KES = 0.006892 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

East Africa Time

Local time: 21:55 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Swahili